Car-door bracket.



Patented Aug. I, I899.

fizp 615616765 H. VISSERING 8:. L. A. HDERR.

CAR DOOR BRACKET.

(Apphcatlon filed Feb 9 1899 y {No Model.)

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U NlTED STATES HARRY VISSERING AND'LOUlS A.

HOERR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CAR-DOOR BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,832, dated August 1, 1899.

7 Application filed February 9, 1899. Serial No. 705,114. (No model) To all whom it may coir/eerie:

Be it known that we, HnnnvVlssnnine and LOUIS A. HOEBR, citizens of the United-States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gar-Door Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specifica tion, in which' Figural is a side elevational view of our improved car-door bracket in position. Fig. 2 is a sectional View online 2 2, showing our improvedbracket in top plan; and Fig.3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3 3, showing our bracket in edge elevation.

This invention'relates to a new and useful improvement in car-door brackets designed particularly'for use in connectionowith what are known as flush doors. Heretofore brackets have been made for sliding car-doors, in which the usual form is attached in position by lag-screws or bolts passing through the side sill, permitting an unauthorized person by the use of an ordinary wrench to remove said bolts, and in the absence of the bracket the car-door can be sprung outwardly, giving access to the car. Certain brackets are on the market, known as burglar-proof brackets,

, in which a hidden screw is provided or some means of attachment inaccessible from the exterior when the door is closed, whereby should the accessible bolts or lag-screws be removed the bracket cannot be displaced.

Due to the construction of cars and the manner of mounting the doors thereon burglar-proof brackets may be easily attached to the ordinary sliding door, known as the outside door-that is, a door which is not con ntersunk flush with the side wall of the car, but merely slid into a closed position on a straight track projecting outwardly beyond the side wall of the car a distance equal to or greater than the thickness of the door. A

flush door, however, is countersunk, so as to be flush with the outside walls of the car, and fits into the doorway, its lower edge being above the side sill or sill-plate of the door, while in an outside door the lower edge of the door projects from three to five inches below the door-opening.

As stated before, our improved bracket is designed particularly for use in connection with a flush door, and consistsof a casting which issecured by suitable lag-screws or bolts passing through the side sill of the carframing, said casting being extended up wardly along the side edge of the door,way,-at

which point a carriage-bolt is introduced, the

nut on whose inner end is located inside of the car, so as to be inaccessible from the exte- ;and 3, pass through the side sills X of the car. j and the side walls Y thereof, their inner ends receiving suitable nuts I), but which, as is obvious, are accessible from underneath from the exterior by reaching under the car. From .thebody portion of this casting A is preferably offset slightly a wedge-shaped guiding projection 0, closed at its inner end, which 00- operates with the lower front edge of the door, first, to guide the same in its home position, and, second, to hold the same in said home position, as is well understood. This projection 0 is provided in its side with an opening 0 at the junction of the lower front corner of the door-opening forthe purpose of permitting the escape or removal of foreign particles which might lodge behind the projection O and in front of the door proper and prevent the proper closing of the door. Proj ection C is strengthened by a rib D for obvious reasons.

E indicates a projection extending upwardly from the main casting A and above the projection O, which means also above the floor-line of the car. This projection E is to one side of the doorway and is provided with an opening to receive the square shank of a carriage-bolt, whose outer edge is preferably rounded, so as to prevent the application of an ordinary wrench thereto, said carriagebolt passing through the side wall of the car X and through the door-post Z, the inner end of said bolt within the car receiving a nut f. G indicates dowel projections formed on the inner face of projection E and extending into the side wall of the car some distance, so as to prevent the turning of the casting in the absence of bolts 13 when the door is closed and the nut on boltF is inaccessible from the exterior.

In applying our improved casting suitable holes are bored for the bolts B B and F and shallow borings are made for the dowels G. After the bolts are in position and the nuts added thereto the bracket is firmly secured to resist the rough treatment to which it is usually subjected. The object of having the bolts 13 in the position indicated is to sustain heavy Weights in the event that skids or platforms are placed by careless persons on the projection O of the bracket. When the door is closed, should an unauthorized person seek to gain access to the car the bolts B would of course be first removed and then attempt would be made to rotate bolt F; but having a .round head and a square shank passing through a square opening in the casting such rotation of this bolt would be impossible by the application of a wrench eXteriorly applied. Should a lever be introduced under the lower edge of the main casting for the purpose of springing the dowels out of their openings, the bolt F would act practically as a fulcrum, and as one dowel moved outwardly the other one would be forced more firmly inwardly, thus absolutely preventing the rotation of the casting.

While we have shown and described our improved bracket as being specially designed for use in connection with a flush door, yet it is obvious that with slight changes to comply wi th given requirements the bracket could Well be employed in connection with an outside door, subserving the purpose and function in that use the same as described with relation to its use in connection with a flush door.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. A car-door bracket substantially as herein described, comprising a casting, means for securing the same in proper positlon, and a guiding projection thereon closed at its inner end and provided with an opening for the purposes set forth.

2. A car-door bracket substantially as herein described, comprising a body consisting of two portions adapted respectively to extend above and below the floor of a car, a retaining projection for the door intermediate the two portions, retaining devices in the lower portion, and means in the upper portion for preventing outside detachment of the bracket consisting of separated dowels embedded in the side of the car, a bolt held from rotation between the dowels and passing through the side of the car above the floor thereof, and locking means on the inside of the car for preventing the withdrawal of said bolt.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses, this 30th day of January, 1899.

HARRY VISSERING. LOUIS A. HOERR.

WVitnesses:

F. R. CORNWALL, A. S. GRAY. 

